Companies like to give their customers as many choices as possible. This is especially true for car companies. How many different trim/engine/configuration variations of a Ford F-150 can you buy? Malcom Gladwell does a great riff on spaghetti sauces and how there isn't one perfect sauce, but many perfect sauces for individual consumers. Maybe. But there's also a decent amount of research that shows the opposite. When confronted with too many choices, people suddenly become demotivated from making any choice at all. The Sultan of Brunei has a lot of cars, but Jackie makes the point that by having them his family may suddenly be discouraged from ever enjoying them.

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"Honey, have you seen the keys to the Porsche?"
"Which one?"
"The 911 Carrera."
"Which one?"
"The silver one."
"Which one?"
"The 1998 model."
"Which one?"
"The Tar-" *sigh* "Never mind, I'll just walk."

I, on the other hand, would take the keys to any Porsche. Rusty 912? Sign me up.